Reasons For The Slave Trade

Question 1

What was a significant reason for the slave trade related to European countries?

Answer 1

Competition among European countries to establish themselves in the American ‘New World’.

Question 2

What was the demand in Britain that contributed to the slave trade?

Answer 2

High demand for sugar, coffee, and tobacco.

Question 3

How did traditional practices in Africa relate to the slave trade?

Answer 3

Slavery was a traditional practice in other parts of Africa.

Question 4

What role did religion play in the justification of the slave trade?

Answer 4

The Bible mentioned slavery, leading some to believe it was acceptable.

Question 5

Fill in the blank: The profit from the slave trade was significant because people sold enslaved individuals for a lot more than they _______.

Answer 5

bought them for.

Question 6

What were some of the ways people gained money from the slave trade?

Answer 6

• Shipping
• Banking
• Insurance
• Coffee houses
• Confectioners
• Tobacco merchants

Question 7

True or False: The slave trade was only driven by economic factors.

Answer 7

False.

Question 8

What was one of the outcomes for those who engaged in the slave trade?

Answer 8

Many gained significant profits.